Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.   

1382  On this day in history daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on December - 31.   

1460  On December - 31 death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)   

1510  On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  On December - 31 death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on December - 31.   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

1610  On this day in history death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

1679  On December - 31 death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)   

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on December - 31.   

1719  On this day in history john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on December - 31.   

1742  On December - 31 death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)   

1775  On this day in history richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British   

1799  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1802  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on December - 31.   

1809  On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 31 oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.